Good to have on your resume for next future jobs
No work life balance, 60+ hours is the expectation for everyone
Good products in fin tech area. Trying to innovate though it is challenging in some areas
Some of the software is dated and challenging to change with number of active clients using the system.
New grad offers. TC is roughly the same (~170k yearly if I distribute signing bonus across 4 years) Would be on an AWS storage team, not a super mature team so lots of feature work left to do but typical AWS WLB, pressure, and bad ops load. Things move fast, so lots of learning and exposure to the ...Read more
which company has better rep? which company has better pay? Which company has better opportunities? #bloomberg #aws
I have 2 offers. Please help me decide. AWS S3 Capacity and Forecasting team SDE 2 -->; Base: $160k Signing Bonus Y1: $184k Signing Bonus Y2: $131k RSUs: 116 Location: Seattle Bloomberg Enterprise Data License Sr. SWE -->; Base: $250k Bonus: $65k Location: NYC YOE: 12 TC: $200k #aws #enginee
S3 on outpost Boston seaport. SDE 1 Blomberg NYC. SDE Very similar TC (185K) so it’s not really that important. Would want to learn and have more opportunities in the future. 1.5 YOE Anyone know what the WLB is for s3 on outpost team ? They seem really cool, but I am kinda scared from reading all...Read more
Anyone switched from tech company to Bloomberg? I just had an on-site interview with Bloomberg and people were very nice and chill. Do you regret your decision? YOE: 2.5 tc: 140k (CAD) #bloomberg
Average tenure 5 years at BBG vs 1.5 years at AWS No mandatory pip and back stab Better during recession Manager dont have all the stupid power in the world to put you in PIP Coworkers are relaxed and chill where as AWS coworkers are slaves to the machine Bloomberg rewards loyalty where as AWS wants...Read more
Thank god done with interviewing. Trying to decide which offer to take. Bloomberg: Base:155k Bonus: 25k sign on:20k relocation:10k TC: 210k AWS: Base: 148k sign on: 45k,37k RSU: 955 sharing TC:200k Did not negotiate AWS yet, but wondering people’s input on this. Both in NYC, Amazon team is bas...Read more
Location: London Let's say TC is the same / not a significant difference. Which one of these companies would you work for? I guess that the criteria other than TC are prestige, growth opportunities, WLB, etc,. All offers are at "senior software engineer" level. Blind tax: 175k GBP, 10 YoE. #Byt...Read more
Deciding between the three for next year new grad. AWS - seattle - ~185k (return intern) first year TC - Not a huge fan of my team wlb atm, seems like a lot of oncall/ops work Bloomberg - NY - ~205k first year TC - No idea on what i'd be doing Scale AI - NY - 146k base, 20k signon, idk option mat...Read more
What’s the best role to kick off one’s career
Hey, I’m currently an intern at AWS and was looking to see if I could get a referral for Bloomberg’s New Grad roles which are supposedly opening in a few weeks. TC: 0 LC: 200 solved #hiring #newgrad #bloomberg #swe #software #engineering
Hi all, I'm a new grad in Taiwan. These are some SWE offers I'm considering. Any feedback or thought is well appreciated! My priorities will be: 1. Career growth, future opportunities 2. Tech fields that I'm interested in, backend and distributed systems 3. Maximize technical knowledge 4. Compensat...Read more
2 YOE. Currently at SAP Canada. #tech #uk #referrals
Help me decide between Bloomberg: good wlb, no growth AWS: good numbers after some negotiation Meta: still pending team match, shared range is way low? Yoe:10 TC: 320 #engineering #engineering
A friend of mine at AWS is looking for a referral at Bloomberg. #bloomberg
ServiceNow CEO mentioned no layoff again. Reference: https://www.irishtimes.com/technology/2023/06/16/servicenow-interview/ #servicenow #sap #salesforce #microsoft #google #amazon #goldmansachs #atlassian #workday #splunk #snowflake #ibm #accenture #deloitte #ey #kpmg #morganstanley #adobe #github...Read more
I got new grad software engineer offers from both months ago. Amazon (AWS) in Seattle tc $180k ($140 salary, $40k bonus), Bloomberg in nyc tc $170k (150k salary, $20k bonus ). I barely had time to decide and accepted both because I really was stuck. I like the idea of being young in nyc which is ...Read more
I was fortunate to receive new grad offers from Bloomberg NYC ($158K base, $8K bonus), Meta Seattle ($130K base, $20K stock, 30k sign on) and Amazon/AWS ($132K base, $45K sign on). I took AWS but I’m kinda regretting. Here’s my dilemma. I want a good career and TC but I also care for WLB. After st...Read more
I received bbg offer couple weeks back around 270+30tc. Was a bit overwhelmed and accepted without negotiation. Amazon offer came in late, my intention was to use it as backup anyway, because it’s amazon. Though I got matched to a pretty interesting team with decent manager (someone in my network p...Read more